Storyline
A beautiful, strong-willed young royal refuses to wed the cruel sociopath to whom she is betrothed and is kidnapped and locked in a remote tower of her father’s castle. With her scorned, vindictive suitor intent on taking her father’s throne, the princess must protect her family and save the kingdom.
Directors
Cast
Olga Kurylenko, Ed Stoppard, Joey King, Radoslav Parvanov, Ulyana Chan, Vladimir Furdik, Dominic Cooper, Velislav Pavlov, Stanislav Satko, Alex Reid, Ivan Kostadinov, Veronica Ngo, Zahari Grozdanov, Fergus O'Donnell, Boyan Anev, Kristofer Kamiyasu, Ivan Vodenicharov, Katelyn Rose Downey, Ivo Arakov, Antoni Davidov, Martin Taskov, Mitko Angelov, Liudmil Kehaiov, Mitko Dalakov, Apostol Tenev, Vasil Toshev, Dawn Sherrer, Lyubomir Neikov, Allegra Du Toit, Todor Kirilov, Milko Yovchev, Ioan Karamfilov, Vasil Vitanov, Adam Othman, Rossen Penchev, Todor Todorov, Deyan Angelov, Ivan Panev, Max Kraus, Younes Boutinane, Jean-Adrien Espiasse, Hristo Dimitrov-Hindo, Billy Edwards
Trailer
Reviews
75
Director Le-Van Kiet and screenwriters Ben Lustig and Jake Thornton succeed by making the action look real, by coming up with intriguing plot twists and keeping our heroine in danger at all times.
74
Backstory is fine. Seeing King introduce scores of anonymous leering henchmen to their varying deaths is better.
70
The Princess is an unabashedly feminist action-adventure in which the central character rises from her dormancy to slash the patriarchy. It couldn’t be more timely, and it’s a good time too.
60
The high-aggro guitar score is a misstep, but a panting, battered King is credible and compelling as she kicks, stabs and screams for the right to choose her own destiny.
50
A smarter script would’ve found ways to work a historical critique (or some “Shrek”-like satire, at least) into its relatively brainless string of set pieces.
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